Category: Little People

Gnome for the Holidays

Gnomes have a long tradition with the Christmas season, Santa himself is considered a Gnome or elf (alf) in the poem “The Night Before Christmas” where he is called “A right jolly old elf” or “Gnome”. This year we’re covering the Gnome family and their association with the Christmas season. Today we see Santa Clause

Leprechauns – The Little People of Ireland

Ireland is a land filled with the stories and myths of little people, but for this blog we are going to look at the famous (or perhaps infamous) Leprechaun and their cousins the Clurichaun. Leprechauns are not considered to be fairies in the traditional sense, they are the descendants of The Tuatha De Danann. The

A Visit from Trolls, Goblins and Gnomes for the Christmas Season

During the Christmas season it’s difficult for many of us to imagine it without Santa or his elves. What if they were trolls, goblins or gnomes instead of our favorite little folk, would we still think of them as Jolly? In many countries that is actually the case. In the mountains of Iceland there lives

Pryor Mountain Little People [The Nirumbee]

The Pryor Mountains is a mountain range located on the Crow Reservation and Custer National Forest in the state of Montana, U.S.A. These mountains are also home to a ferocious race of little people, that the Crow Nation call the Nirumbee. The Nirumbee are said to be eighteen inches tall, with large heads, pointed teeth,

The Ircinrraaq (Little People) of the Arctic

Ircinrraaq (pronounced Irr-chin-hhak) is an Inuit word used when describing any of the “Little People” who live in the Arctic in caves, mountains or underground. According to the stories of the Inuit and the occasional report to the police by non-Inuit through the years, there are several different Ircinrraaq, but most have been described as
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